EPTMy first MMA match - Page 7
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mr_tolkien
France8631 Posts
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RyLai
United States477 Posts
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SoniC_eu
Denmark1008 Posts
Wow Jinro, living out your dreams. That is a cool way to live your life :D GL with the MMA, the video looks awesome | ||
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maartendq
Belgium3115 Posts
Respect though. As much as I love martial arts, I would never have the guts to step inside a ring. I hate hurting people too much for that, and I hate getting hurt myself. Edit: on this picture, you can clearly see the difference between you and your opponent. Your opponent's weight is balanced over his two legs while your weight seems to be primarily on your front leg. It's apparent from the video as well. Try to keep your weight balanced (don't lean forward so much!), it will increase your movement and reaction speed. Just relax! | ||
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Enki
United States2548 Posts
Regardless it seems like it is a good outlet for it. Maybe it mimics SC that way. Like the way you look at losses, sc players look at losses being more valuable than wins because they teach them what they need to work on to not lose again. Maybe all that SC is paying off for you now since you already got a good mentality for the sport. Do you plan on fighting more in the future? | ||
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Podiac
Germany4 Posts
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Xyik
Canada728 Posts
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Liquid`Jinro
Sweden33719 Posts
On May 01 2014 05:07 maartendq wrote: Jinro, for what my advice is worth, try to relax a bit more. You are way too jumpy, and it is really affecting both your balance and the power of your strikes, as well as your reaction speed. One other thing I noticed that you are to quick to jab and jump out again. Keep at it. My martial arts experience is limited to aikido (seven years now), but one of my teachers is an ex-boxer (the guy is 65, has two hip protheses and is still going), and one advice he gave me was to keep moving forward (i.e. attack) because if you keep moving backward, your opponent just won't stop coming. Respect though. As much as I love martial arts, I would never have the guts to step inside a ring. I hate hurting people too much for that, and I hate getting hurt myself. Edit: on this picture, you can clearly see the difference between you and your opponent. Your opponent's weight is balanced over his two legs while your weight seems to be primarily on your front leg. It's apparent from the video as well. Try to keep your weight balanced (don't lean forward so much!), it will increase your movement and reaction speed. Just relax! My coaches teach a front leg heavy style for MMA, but I'm probably overcompensating a bit hehe (my natural inclination is to be very backfoot heavy). Moving forward, they tell me the same thing, that I'm too defensive. Working on it ~~ I dont think your picture showed up, btw? "On this picture" then blank space :p On May 01 2014 05:32 Enki wrote: Yeah, that other guy looked really huge in that picture lol. Once I say the side to side comparisons I realized he wasn't that big. I've had a large interest in MMA for years now but never went into it myself, don't think I could handle it physically. How long did you train in BJJ before you fought though? I know you have talked about it for awhile. Just wondering because having your first fight in less than a year of training is pretty rare. I think it usually takes 1-2 years before most people are prepared to actually get in there against someone. Regardless it seems like it is a good outlet for it. Maybe it mimics SC that way. Like the way you look at losses, sc players look at losses being more valuable than wins because they teach them what they need to work on to not lose again. Maybe all that SC is paying off for you now since you already got a good mentality for the sport. Do you plan on fighting more in the future? I think his pic is more of a close up haha. He was very similar in size, just more compact... I'm 180cm but my reach is 185 cm and my legs are obviously very long as well, so at a similar weight class I'm gonna be a lot leaner than someone like him with shorter arms and legs. My training history is something like this: 2005~2006 (I was 16~17)~ Start MMA, train a couple of months and go back to playing SC. Repeat this on and off for next couple of years (very infrequent training due to SC/Poker being a priority and not having the dedication to travel 1 hour to get to the gym every day... also a few injuries: hyperextended elbow, had to walk with crutches for a month or two after I accidently rolled the wrong way vs a toe hold, skin infection etc). Didn't learn a ton from these days since it was so infrequent, but there's a few things I still use today like standing kimura counter vs back takes, some toe hold stuff etc. I'd say in 2 years time I probably had like 3 months worth of training. 2012 I think? I was 23 or so... Joined a BJJ gym here in Korea, I trained like 3 days a week maybe for 4-6 months. Quit because I wanted to focus more on poker. 2013 february... Found a new MMA gym had opened up next to where I lived, started going 3~ times a week for a couple of months. Noticed my ankle was hurting a lot and stopped going for 2 months to let it heal... Kept feeling sore, so around end of June or beginning of July I said fuck this and started training again.... At which point the soreness promptly went away haha. Anyway, got serious in July and have been training about 5 days a week since then, only missing classes when I'm travelling or injured. I think I was asked if I wanted to do an amateur match for the first time around.... November? But the timing was bad since I was going to sweden. I'm not sure what the average time people train before taking fights is in MMA, but my understanding is that in Amateur boxing, something like 6 months of dedicated training is pretty normal before your first match? Not sure tho. On May 01 2014 01:32 mr_tolkien wrote: Will you attempt to go pro someday ? Are will you keep MMA as a hobby ? We'll see, I'm not 'all-in' on MMA or anything, I'm just gonna continue fighting every couple of months and try my best to get good. If I get good enough, yeah I'd give it a try for sure. | ||
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Ciryandor
United States3735 Posts
Nice fight, hope you do better! | ||
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figq
12519 Posts
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dgwow
Canada1024 Posts
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NbSky
Canada1023 Posts
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Excludos
Norway8060 Posts
On May 02 2014 02:14 dgwow wrote: Question : Does having a StarCraft background help you in making quick decisions in MMA? I can answer that for you: no. xD Why would it? You don't make "quick decisions" in MMA like in sc2. You don't get to sit and think "Hmm. If I do this now, then he would have to respond by doing this". You rely on your training, go for any opening you can find, and follow the plan you made before the match. Trust me, the last one is by far the hardest. Even in UFC fighters tend to forget it when fatigue starts taking over. | ||
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Liquid`Jinro
Sweden33719 Posts
On May 02 2014 02:14 dgwow wrote: Question : Does having a StarCraft background help you in making quick decisions in MMA? No, I think the biggest things SC helped with was not being all that nervous beforehand, and maybe somewhat analyzing afterwards. SC decisions are 'quick' but fight decisions are instant... The strategical choices are made before the fight / possibly between rounds. | ||
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kellymilkies
Singapore1393 Posts
That video made me wince a bit, mostly cause I know you. Usually I don't blink when I watch MMA but I had to cower a bit thinking you were hurt. Haha. Glad you had fun. #FIGHTING! | ||
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SixSongs
Poland1455 Posts
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shell
Portugal2722 Posts
You seem happy | ||
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Prog455
Denmark970 Posts
On May 01 2014 01:32 mr_tolkien wrote: Will you attempt to go pro someday ? Are will you keep MMA as a hobby ? As an extention to this question, i would like to ask what you do for a living in Korea? We rarely hear what retired progamers do afterwards, and often times the ones we know about are doing something "in the business", such as casting. You on the other hand seems to be doing something completely different. | ||
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Sweetfrost
Sweden211 Posts
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Liquid`Jinro
Sweden33719 Posts
On May 02 2014 22:17 Prog455 wrote: As an extention to this question, i would like to ask what you do for a living in Korea? We rarely hear what retired progamers do afterwards, and often times the ones we know about are doing something "in the business", such as casting. You on the other hand seems to be doing something completely different. Poker~_~ | ||
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